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Six requirements for deploying primary storage optimization solutions
With companies starting to perform data reduction on primary storage, it's important for them to understand the requirements that primary storage optimization demands. Feature
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Adding archive storage can be easier than expanding primary storage
Despite what many storage managers believe, it can be faster, simpler, cheaper and more effective to add archive storage than primary storage. Learning Center
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Product roundup: Primary storage capacity optimization offerings
Data reduction isn't restricted to backup anymore. Right now, the approaches to capacity optimization for primary and nearline storage are varied and address different use cases. Special Report
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Podcast: Data deduplication on primary storage
What should a storage administrator know before using data deduplication on primary storage? Eric Burgener, senior analyst and consultant at the Taneja Group, discusses the impact data deduplication on primary storage will have and the things to con... Podcast
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What's the relationship between storage capacity, storage utilization and storage performance?
There's a lot of focus on storage capacity rather than storage performance. One of the marketing pitches behind storage virtualization is to increase storage utilization so that you don't need to buy so many drives. FAQ
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Are SAS disks a good investment?
In the near term, SAS won't make much of a dent in the high-end Fibre Channel drive market, but SAS may displace Fibre Channel deployments in the mid- and entry-market price bands. FAQ
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Capacity planning tools require serious purchase consideration
Capacity costs money, and new disk acquisitions stand out as a notable part of every IT budget. The trick is to match new capacity with actual storage needs. Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators,... Buying Guide
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Capacity planning software specifications
Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators, and a new generation of capacity planning tools is emerging to help forecast growth and utilization of storage resources, and even perform predictive modelin... Buying Guide
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SRM software specifications
SRM tools help administrators understand and control their evolving storage landscape, optimize utilization and performance, automate some of the most routine and error-prone management processes, and make informed decisions about future storage expe... Buying Guide
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SRM tools require serious purchase consideration
SRM tools have emerged to help administrators understand their evolving storage landscape, optimize utilization and performance, automate some of the most routine and error-prone management processes, and make informed decisions about future storage ... Buying Guide
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO